To DnD or Not to DnD
To DnD or Not to DnD is an Indianapolis based TTRPG Actual Play Podcast
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Episode 34: The Generation Gap - The party meets up with Talbot's mom and gets some important insight into the world of giants. Meanwhile, the cast finds just how different we all are, and how similar.
Content Warning: Language
Nice Marines 2: To Perceive and Accept - The land dispute on Vannis is resolved.
Content Warning: Language, Violence
Episode Cast: Adam Davis, Brandi Davis, Zach Griffith, Steven Marsh
Episode 33: What Am I? - Talbot has a VERY big day.
Content Warning: Language, Violence
Nice Marines 1: The Purifying Flames of the Imperium - A final honor guard of Space Marines find themselves in over their heads as they are forced to take charge of a diplomatic mission on Vannis.
Content Warning: Language, Violence
Episode Cast: Adam Davis, Brandi Davis, Zach Griffith, Steven Marsh
Episode 32: Shin Tiamat x Kongzilla:A New 5 Realms Minues One (The S'silendar Story) - After learning about Kokira's past, the party's focus must quickly shift to their present if they want to have a future.
Content Warning: Language
Episode 31: Joy (The S'silendar Story) - The party enters the Church of Python, and they find Kokira's past illuminated in the pages of the holy scripture.
Content Warning: Language
Lasers and Feelings 2: Vaccine Roulette - The newly self-installed leadership team of the CSS Raptor finds itself in hot space water with the Queen of Space, Sheena Sweat. Later, the results of an experiment are found out.
Content Warning: Language and Violence
Episode Cast: Adam Davis, Brandi Davis, and Zach Griffith
Spaceship in artwork designed by Freepik
Lasers and Feelings 1: An Assortment Of Monkeys - Things seem grim aboard the CSS Raptor with Captain Darcy fallen ill with "something else" and the fate of the ship uncertain. But not all hope is lost as two of the Consortium's most independent thinkers take matters, and the Raptor, into their own hands.
Content Warning: Language and Violence
Episode Cast: Adam Davis, Brandi Davis, and Zach Griffith
Spaceship in artwork designed by Freepik
Episode 30 of The Illifort Saga - A Fish Called #%^$ (The S'silendar Story) - Kokira makes a solemn promise while the rest of the party does some self reflection in the Mirror of Life Trapping
Content Warning: Language
The Witch is Dead 3.2: My Breakdancing Career is Over - The thrilling conclusion to the Davis Family Game Night playthrough of The Witch is Dead
Episode Cast: Adam Davis, Brandi Davis, Camren Davis, Cersei Davis, Nikolai Davis, and Jadin Payton
Episode 29 of The Illifort Saga - ZOLO YOLO NOMO (The S'silendar Story) - The party remains split and while the main group delves into the dungeon under Zusha's Magic Shop, Kokira delves into her past with her former mentor Datvin.
Content Warning: Language and Violence
The Witch is Dead 3.1: Punch My Problems Away - Join the Davis family for a very special Family Game Night Edition of To DnD or Not to DnD where they play a slightly toned down version of The Witch is Dead.
Episode Cast: Adam Davis, Brandi Davis, Camren Davis, Cersei Davis, Nikolai Davis, and Jadin Payton
Episode 28: Talbot Takes the L (The S'silendar Story) - Elise, Talbot, and Tingus run into some problems while waiting for Kokira to arrive at the magic shop, meanwhile, Kokira explores the Temple of Horanus and discovers a secret.
Content Warning: Language
We 3 Kings Part 2 - The forces of King Herod are amassing around the city of Bethlehem in an attempt to assassinate the newly born king of kings (a boy named Jesus, ever heard of him?). All that stands in Herod's way are 3 Kings from the East, and their sweet battle skills.
Content Warning: Sexual References, Violence, Language
We 3 Kings Part 1 - The forces of King Herod are amassing around the city of Bethlehem in an attempt to assassinate the newly born king of kings (a boy named Jesus, ever heard of him?). All that stands in Herod's way are 3 Kings from the East, and their sweet battle skills.
Content Warning: Sexual References, Violence, Language
Episode 27: The Barlgurian Knot Problem - The party fights for their lives against the followers of Python while now having to contend with a problem of their (Tingus's) own creation.
Content Warning: Language, Fantasy Violence
Cracker Barrel Has Fallen: Creator Interview - In this very special episode, we talk with Smurph, the creator of Cracker Barrel Has Fallen about zombies, tabletop games, and horror movies.
Content Warning: Adult Language
Cracker Barrel Has Fallen was written by Smurph (@oopsallsmurph on Twitter). You can find more about this game and many others via her Twitter account or at oopsallsmurph.itch.io
Cracker Barrel Has Fallen: Part 3 - Shed a Tear/Tear a Shed - In the thrilling conclusion to our 3 part series, the Waffle House crew makes their final stand against the zombie hoard that is trying to shut their doors forever!
Content Warning: Adult Language, Scary Situations
Cast: Adam Davis as your General Manager, Brandi Davis as Emma, Camren Davis as Althea, Sabrina Duprey as Bambi, and Steven Marsh as Chip
Cracker Barrel Has Fallen was written by Smurph (@oopsallsmurph on Twitter). You can find more about this game and many others via her Twitter account or at oopsallsmurph.itch.io
Illifort Saga Episode 26: Photograph (The S'silendar Story) - As Tingus' charm spell wears off, Kokira is forced to face some grim new realities. Then, the party springs a trap they set, with two of their most trusted and courageous members being used as bait.
Content Warning: Language, Violence
Cracker Barrel Has Fallen Part 2 - Marciano, Liberace, Santayana, Goodbye - When General Manager Gerald pulls the staff together to inform them that the nearby Cracker Barrel has fallen, the crew must race to come up with a plan to ensure the zombie hoard's next meal isn't here at the Waffle House!
Content Warning: Adult Language, Scary Situations
Cast: Adam Davis as your General Manager, Brandi Davis as Emma, Camren Davis as Althea, Sabrina Duprey as Bambi, and Steven Marsh as Chip
Cracker Barrel Has Fallen was written by Smurph (@oopsallsmurph on Twitter). You can find more about this game and many others via her Twitter account or at oopsallsmurph.itch.io
Episode 25 - The Unlikely Charm of Kokira Eshpora - Upon arriving in a new city, Kokira makes a resounding impression on the welcoming committee. Later, 3 of our heroes go shopping while the remaining member finds themselves confronting their past.
Content Warning: Language
Pirate Borg Part 2: The Old Man and the Sea Monster - Part 2 of our Pirate Borg adventure. After having their ship beset by an unknown vessel off the coast of Tortuga, our dastardly band of adventurers find themselves landlocked and captain-less on the shores of Nassau Town. With naught but a mysterious package, a map of uncertain origin, and but half a plan, our crew sets out to cast old allegiances into the sea and carve their own path through the miasma that is the Dark Caribbean!
Content Warning: Adult Language, Sexual References, Scary Images, and Violence
Cast: Jake Carrico, Brandi Davis, Adam Davis and Sabrina Duprey.
Pirate Borg is also made in association with Limithron and Free League Publishing. You can find out more about Pirate Borg and other products on their websites: limithron.com and freeleaguepublishing.com
Pirate Borg Part 1: Of Captains and Candles - Part 1 of 2 of our Pirate Borg adventure. After having their ship beset by an unknown vessel off the coast of Tortuga, our dastardly band of adventurers find themselves landlocked and captain-less on the shores of Nassau Town. With naught but a mysterious package, a map of uncertain origin, and but half a plan, our crew sets out to cast old allegiances into the sea and carve their own path through the miasma that is the Dark Caribbean!
Content Warning: Adult Language, Sexual References, Scary Images, and Violence
Cast: Jake Carrico, Brandi Davis, Adam Davis and Sabrina Duprey.
Pirate Borg is also made in association with Limithron and Free League Publishing. You can find out more about Pirate Borg and other products on their websites: limithron.com and freeleaguepublishing.com
Pirate Borg: Session Zero - Come along with Jake, Adam, Brandi, and Sabrina as they go through the character creation process for Pirate Borg and prepare to embark on a high seas adventure among the dead in this very special Talk Like a Pirate Day series.
Content Warning: Adult Language, Sexual References, Scary Images, and Violence
Cast: Jake Carrico, Brandi Davis, Adam Davis and Sabrina Duprey.
Pirate Borg is also made in association with Limithron and Free League Publishing. You can find out more about Pirate Borg and other products on their websites: limithron.com and freeleaguepublishing.com
Cracker Barrel Has Fallen Part 1: Cracked Eggs and Frozen Sausage - When General Manager Gerald pulls the staff together to inform them that the nearby Cracker Barrel has fallen, the crew must race to come up with a plan to ensure the zombie hoard's next meal isn't here at the Waffle House!
Content Warning: Adult Language, Scary Situations
Cast: Adam Davis as your General Manager, Brandi Davis as Emma, Camren Davis as Althea, Sabrina Duprey as Bambi, and Steven Marsh as Chip
Cracker Barrel Has Fallen was written by Smurph (@oopsallsmurph on Twitter). You can find more about this game and many others via her Twitter account or at oopsallsmurph.itch.io
Episode 24: Tauntaun Poutine and Other Hard to Swallow Truths - The fate of those that braved the Deck of Many Things is revealed. Then, the remaining party members are presented with some difficult information and a series of even more difficult decisions.
Content Warning: Language
Honey Con 2018 Part 3: The Bears on the Bridge - The thrilling conclusion to the Honey Con 2018 saga! How are Honey and Badger holding up in prison? What is the true nature of Bobby's treacherous double cross? Where the hell is Kevin? The answers to all this and more will be revealed.
Content Warning: Language, Sexual References, Violence
Episode 23: R.A. Claud (The Hell Arc) - Our party completes their journey through Theatre Castle, where the true identity of RA is finally revealed, and our party members are each forced to make a decision that could affect many things.
Content Warning: Language and Violence
Intro Parody: She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen
Honey Con 2018: Part 2 - Foie Guard - In the second of our three part series chronicling the events surrounding Honey Con 2018, Honey, Badger, and Kevin, along with the new recruit Bobby, find themselves balanced on a knife's edge between two plots, and a single misstep may spell the end for Honey Con as we know it.
Content Warning: Adult Language, Sexual References, Violence
Special Guest: Alex Dantin
Episode 22: Eye of The Storm (The Hell Arc) - As the party takes a break from their journey through Theatre Castle, an oddity found by Tingus may spell doom for the whole party.
Content Warning: Language
Intro Parody: Intro Parody : Kiss Me, Kate by Bella and Samuel Spewack with music by Cole Porter
Honey Con 2018: Part 1 - With Honey Con 2018 right around the corner, Honey, Badger, and Kevin are all looking forward to a big score. When Helena Bearnham Carter comes knocking the bears think they've hit paydirt.
Content Warning: Language, Violence, Adult Situations
Special Guest: Alex Dantin
Another A'venture, Another 'Sode (The Hell Arc) - Our intrepid party continues their journey through Theatre Castle.
Content Warning: Language
Intro Parody: Lemons, Lemons, Lemons by Sam Steiner
Special Guest: Camren Davis
The Witch is Dead 2: This is My Top Gun - The continuation of the series of playthroughs of Grant Howitt's "The Witch is Dead."
Cast for this episode: Jake Carrico, Adam Davis, Zach Griffith, and Steven Marsh.
Content Warning: Language and violence
Episode 20: Me, To Play (The Hell Arc) - With their epic prison escape behind them, the party continues their flight through the castle. However, the proprietor of the castle has a myriad of surprises in store for our unsuspecting cast members.
Content Warning: Language and violence
Intro Parody: Rapunzel by The Brothers Grimm
The Witch is Dead 1: Cosmic Brownies and Ice Cream - In the first of a series of one shots played in the Grant Howitt one page RPG system 'The Witch is Dead'
Brandi and Sabrina are joined by special guest Bill Miller to kick off this special series of episodes, coming to you over the next few months!
Content Warning: Language and violence
Find more RPGs by Grant Howitt by joining his patreon.
Episode 19: Truth and Daear (The Hell Arc) - The party runs into an old friend as they exit prison and the cost of one characters past actions comes due.
Content Warning: Strong language
Intro Parody: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman
Episode 18: One Flew Over the Kenku's Nest (The Hell Arc) - The party continues executing their prison break, and the fate of Tingus Pingus is revealed.
Content Warning: Language
Intro Parody: Fortune and Men's Eyes by Justin Herbert (1971 version) and Josephine Preston Peabody (1900 version)
Special thanks this week to Gabby Dunkin, Kiki Webbs, Rachel Bush, Graham Puterbaugh, The Tea Witch, Thom Johnson, Steven Webber, Jadin Payton, Matt Bartlett, Jüs, Nathaniel Taff, Lauren Hottinger, Daniel Mickey, Kira Pescitelli, Kylee Phenis, and Zach Griffith
Episode 17: The (Igneous) Rock (The Hell Arc) - The bulk of our party engineers a prison break.
Content Warning: Language
Intro Parody: Macbeth
Episode 16: Personal Hell Stories (The Hell Arc) - As our party enters hell for the very first time, certain truths find their way to the front of each of their minds.
Content Warning: Language
Intro Parody: R.U.R. by Karel Capek
Special thanks this week to Audrey Duprey.
Bonus Episode - Note: This Episode Contains Spoilers for Episodes 1-15 of The Illifort Saga
We recap the first 15 episodes of The Illifort Saga here on To DnD or Not to DnD. After that, we take some listener questions and talk about why the hell we do all this to begin with.
Content Warning: Language
Play Again? - A Call of Cthulhu Mystery Adventure - Part 2 - The second of a two part mini-arc, played in the Call of Cthulhu system, in which our protagonist finds himself awake in a world that defies reality.
This episode features Adam Davis as "Taco" Trayden and Brandi Davis as the GM.
Content Warning: Language
Play Again? - A Call of Cthulhu Mystery Adventure - Part 1 - The first of a two part mini-arc, played in the Call of Cthulhu system, in which our protagonist finds himself awake in a world that defies reality.
This episode features Adam Davis as "Taco" Trayden and Brandi Davis as the GM.
Content Warning: Language
Holiday Bonus: Crinkle Clump is Missing! - It's Holiday time in the city of Illifort, but not all is well. The Crinkleness festivities always include a special holiday play about little baby Crinkle Clump and his pet spreading holiday cheer, but this years production seems to be in jeopardy! With little Ralphie, the star of the show, missing no one knows how the play will go on! It's up to our party of 3 rough and tumble mercenaries to find little Ralphie and restore holiday cheer to this years festivities!
Content Warning: Language
Episode 15: Sunday Morning Coming Down - The party plays sending stone tag in a familiar environment, and realizes the real intentions are the friends you meet along the way.
Content Warning: Language
Intro Parody: Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken, lyrics & book by Howard Ashman
Episode 14: Minesweepers - The party makes their way further into the mines in search of Tingus Pingus. Meanwhile, Tingus receives an unexpected visitor.
Content/Trigger Warning: Language
Intro Parody: The Monologue Show From Hell by Don Zolidis
Episode 13: Tingus No Swiping! - The party returns to town, meet some old friends and some new, and have a drink at the bar. After which, Tingus fails a saving through, if you can believe it.
Content Warning: Language
Intro Parody: No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
Episode 12: Hell Hath No Fury Like A Deva Scorned - As the party makes their way out of the mines, an unexpected detour inexplicably sends them deeper down.
Content/Trigger Warning: Language
Intro Parody: Spoof of Youth and Shadow Plays
Episode 11: A No Bones Day - Our merry band of adventurers make their way into the Pakipsy family mines in search of Sending Stone parts for Olive.
Content/Trigger Warning: Language, Body Horror, Scary Imagery
Intro Parody: Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Episode 10: Crossbows and Marigolds - The party makes it to "The Deep" and decide to have a drink at a local watering hole wile they ponder their next steps.
Content/Trigger Warning: Language
Intro Parody: Fearful Symmetry by Alan Haehnel
Episode 9: B3NJ-1Mn - Our party continues through the mountains on their way to Gresmond's Deep. Along the way, a game of chance is played, and fortunes are tested.
Content/Trigger Warning: Language, Violence, and Gambling
Intro Parody: Rock of Ages by Mary Kron
Episode 8: A DnD or Not Rock Opera - The party makes their way through the mountains on their way to Gresmond's Deep. Later, questions are asked and answers are given, which lead to more questions.
Content Warning: Adult Language
Intro Parody: Silent Night The (Mostly) True Story of the World's Most Beloved Carol by Peter Manos
Episode 7: Siri Set an Alarm - Elise's fate is sealed as the results of her card draw are revealed.
Content Warning: Adult Language
Intro Parody: The Cards of Fate by Ed Monk
Not to DnD: HoneyCon 2017 - The score of a lifetime is up for grabs for anybody (or anyBEARy) brave or foolish enough to make a grab for it. Join Jake, Adam, Brandi, and Sabrina for our first ever "Not to DnD" segment, as they play through the Grant Howitt one page TTRPG "Honey Heist".
Content Warning: Language, Violence, Adult Situations
Episode 6: Frogg It Like It's Hot - After the party's plan went off without an incident, an incident occurred which left the party and their ally, Mrek, face to face with King Frogquaad and his Bullywug Army.
Content Warning: Adult language, violence
Intro parody - The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien
Episode 5: A Totally Original Swamp Fairy Tale - After the previous night's revelations and the mornings surprise sunrise, the party sets out through the swamp where they make some new allies...and some new enemies.
Content Warning: Adult language
Intro parody - Annie by Thomas Meehan (playwright), Charles Strouse (composer), Martin Charnin (lyricist)
Episode 4: Sunday - After narrowly escaping the event of a lifetime with their lives, our party finds themselves stranded in a strange place with their sights on the future, and their minds drifting into their past's.
Content Warning: Adult language
Intro parody - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Episode 3: Fight and Flight - After the king's super dope party was crashed by a human (gross) war host, the party escorts King Qek himself through the dangers now occupying Illifort Castle.
Content Warning: Adult language, fantasy violence
Intro parody - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Episode 2: Pandora's Envelope - Tingus, Elise, Talbott, and Kokira have all received mysterious envelopes from their friends and benefactors. In this episode, those envelopes will be opened, and their contents may shake the very foundation of Illifort and the 5 Realms.
Content Warning: Adult language
Intro parody - Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim
Episode 1: A Prologue of Sorts - In this episode, we will be introduced to the world of the 5 realms, and the delightful, if eccentric, cast of characters who inhabit it.
Content Warning: Adult language
Intro parody - Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Illifort Saga Trailer: Meet the characters of the 5 realms.